Our expectations were guarded, especially considering the very reasonable price (approx. US$75). We were pleasantly surprised with the friendly and helpful service, including free airport shuttle and Internet, and enjoyed the offbeat aviator decor. The bed and linens offered a good night's sleep--all we needed for a night in transit from Sydney to São Paulo. You can't get a better... More

Free airport shuttle, realiable wireless and great food make this the perfect airport hotel.

Five to ten minutes to JNB with a shuttle service. I advice to call the hotel in advance and let them know your flight info, the shuttle will be awaiting for you even if your flight got late. To catch the shuttle exit the airport, cross the street and the courtyard behind like bounded to the Hilton, the shuttle bus... More

The hotel is in a great location for the airport and with free shuttle to the airport and breakfast, at £40 a night, who could ask for more? The interior is modern and stylish, designed to reflect an aircraft theme. The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful. The nieghbourhood isn't great, but as a lone female, I didn't feel... More

Easy access to City - Johannesburg and Pretoria. Neat and comfortable hotel. Staff very pleasant and a pleasure to work with. I had a group of 60 pax (mainly pensioners) and they accommodated us very well.

I have stayed at 100s of hotels, including many airport hotels, but have never encountered one as noisy as the Life Hotel. There was lots of street traffic noise, but the worst was the room shaking every time a jet took off (and OR Tambo is a 24 hour airport). Service was also inconsistent…we were only provided with 1 towel... More

We drove for 45 minutes trying to find the hotel and ended up many times in bad areas... even the GPS could not find this hotel, we had traveled already for 3 weeks in SA, never had such challenge. Instruction from the hotel staff were totally inefficient. At one stop a local told us, "it is a hard hotel to... More